Art Works Podcast
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts podcast that goes behind the scenes with some of the nation’s great artists to explore how art works.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Mar 6, 2015 • 28min
Tayari Jones
Tayari Jones: an author who loves the process of writing.
Feb 27, 2015 • 28min
Raymond Arsenault
Raymond Arsenault's book The Sound of Freedom examines the 30-minute concert by Marian Anderson that helped move a nation forward.
Feb 18, 2015 • 28min
Sam Pollard
Filmmaker Sam Pollard talks about his new documentary August Wilson: The Ground on which I Stand.
Feb 12, 2015 • 28min
Thomas W. Jones II
Makes sense of the world through theater.
Feb 5, 2015 • 28min
Carolyn Mazloomi
Carolyn Mazloomi shines a powerful light on the African-American community through narrative quilts.
Jan 29, 2015 • 28min
Harold Kyle
Auto Mechanic Harold Kyle plays with movement, balance, and shadows in his sculpture.
Jan 22, 2015 • 28min
Maria Rosario Jackson
Maria Rosario Jackson talks about urban planning with art at its heart.
Jan 15, 2015 • 28min
The Philadelphia Museum of Art celebrates 200 years of African American Art!
Organizing curator John Vick and consulting curator/editor Dr. Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw tell us about its rich history.
Jan 9, 2015 • 28min
Dinaw Mengestu
In All Our Names, Dinaw Mengestu explores unlikely love in the midst of conflict.
Dec 18, 2014 • 28min
Barry Bergey
Barry Bergey shares some memories about a lifetime immersed in folk and traditional arts.
